A body has been found in the search for a Scottish man reported missing in Portugal. Greg Monks, 38, was reported missing last week after leaving the main strip in Albufeira in the Algarve in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Mr Monks, from Cambuslang, near Glasgow, had travelled to the resort on 27 May...
If you spend any amount of time on X, it’s impossible to miss the pattern. Democrats are angry. Depressed. They scream at the camera. They fantasize about violence against “oppressors.” They film themselves weeping, wailing, and gnashing their teeth. Just as you can be reasonably certain that anybody who flies an American flag is a...
Turkish authorities have ordered the arrests of dozens of people facing corruption allegations, including opposition party members, in Istanbul and the city of Adana. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention orders for 47 people and detained 30. Others detained included local municipal mayors and Istanbul officials. The operation is the fifth wave of...
There is no such thing as a “normal” president–there have only been 45 people in history to have held the job and “normal” people don’t rise to that level of political power. But some presidents are more normal than others. You have the machine politicians like Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson, for instance. You have...
Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila is back in the country for the first time in two years, having arrived in the rebel-held eastern city of Goma, spokespeople for the rebels as well as a youth leader from his party have said. Kabila’s arrival comes after senators stripped him of his immunity over...
Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News EPA Nicolás Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores – who likes to be called ‘First Warrior’ rather than ‘First Lady’ – was photographed casting her vote Venezuela’s ruling party is celebrating what it has described as “an overwhelming victory” in regional and parliamentary elections, which were boycotted by the majority of opposition parties....
Remember Dean Phillips? Few do. Few even know who he was. Even more have only the vaguest sense that the Minnesota Congressman challenged the President of the United States in the Democratic primaries in 2024, and most of them probably assume that he did so because he was egotistical or on a quixotic quest. It’s...
Portugal’s governing right-of-centre Democratic Alliance has won snap parliamentary elections – the third in as many years – again falling short of a majority. Its leader Luís Montenegro promised supporters to “stimulate investment” and to “guarantee prosperity and social justice”. Socialist leader Pedro Nuno Santos announced his resignation after his party finished in second, and...
The DNC cited a procedural concern, but Hogg said it is “impossible to ignore the broader context” of his criticisms. A Democratic National Committee (DNC) panel voted on Monday to void the result of a vote electing David Hogg as vice chair of the party after the young Democrat criticized the party for being “asleep...
Becky Morton Political reporter Jeff Overs/BBC Carla Denyer has announced she will not stand again as co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, saying she wants to focus on her role as an MP. The MP for Bristol Central was one of four Greens elected in last year’s general election – the party’s...
Jonny Humphries BBC News, Manchester BM Photos uploaded by the far-right group showed them displaying flags and eating a cake with a Swastika symbol on the icing Nine people have been arrested and weapons and Nazi memorabilia seized after a group “celebrated Adolf Hitler’s birthday” in an Oldham pub. Members of the far-right group British...
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned and his Social Democrat party is to leave the government after a right-wing nationalist candidate won the first round of the presidential election. George Simion, a eurosceptic who has promised to put Romania first, won 40.9% of Sunday’s vote and is expected to win a run-off vote on...
“Madness – in a good way.” That is how former Republic of Ireland international McClean describes a club who have looked a perfect fit for him since signing from Wigan Athletic last summer. Fletcher is the only outfield player older than McClean. But while the former Scotland striker has made all bar two of his...
Ong Ye Kung/TikTok Health minister Ong Ye Kung (centre, in purple shirt) is known for his social media savviness The TikTok video begins with Singapore’s health minister Ong Ye Kung smiling at the camera while sitting on a park bench. “So no-one told you life was gonna be this way,” the instantly recognisable theme song...
Canada entered the 2025 federal election with a Liberal minority government and it emerged from the 2025 federal election with a Liberal minority government. The outcome is shocking, given that Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre had been riding the top of the polls since the end of 2023. Liberal leader Mark Carney now has a monumental...